Life was so cheap in Vietnam. That is where my sense of urgency comes from.

Life was so cheap in Vietnam. That is where my sense of urgency comes from.

Is my science of a level consistent with other people who have gotten the Nobel? Yes.

Is my science of a level consistent with other people who have gotten the Nobel? Yes.

Is my science of a level consistent with other people who have gotten the Nobel? Yes.

Sometime in the future, I am a hundred percent certain scientists will sit down at a computer terminal, design what they want the organism to do, and build it.

Sometime in the future, I am a hundred percent certain scientists will sit down at a computer terminal, design what they want the organism to do, and build it.

Sometime in the future, I am a hundred percent certain scientists will sit down at a computer terminal, design what they want the organism to do, and build it.

I think future engineered species could be the source of food, hopefully a source of energy, environmental remediation and perhaps replacing the petrochemical industry.

I think future engineered species could be the source of food, hopefully a source of energy, environmental remediation and perhaps replacing the petrochemical industry.

I think future engineered species could be the source of food, hopefully a source of energy, environmental remediation and perhaps replacing the petrochemical industry.

The chemistry from compounds in the environment is orders of magnitude more complex than our best chemists can produce.

The chemistry from compounds in the environment is orders of magnitude more complex than our best chemists can produce.

The chemistry from compounds in the environment is orders of magnitude more complex than our best chemists can produce.

Transposons are just small pieces of DNA that randomly insert in the genetic code. And if they insert in the middle of the gene, they disrupt its function.

Transposons are just small pieces of DNA that randomly insert in the genetic code. And if they insert in the middle of the gene, they disrupt its function.

Transposons are just small pieces of DNA that randomly insert in the genetic code. And if they insert in the middle of the gene, they disrupt its function.

It's quite comforting to me as an individualist that we're not very close to being clones of one other.

It's quite comforting to me as an individualist that we're not very close to being clones of one other.

It's quite comforting to me as an individualist that we're not very close to being clones of one other.

The photosynthesis we see with plants is not very efficient. Algaes are more efficient.

The photosynthesis we see with plants is not very efficient. Algaes are more efficient.

The photosynthesis we see with plants is not very efficient. Algaes are more efficient.

In a biological system, the software builds its own hardware, but design is critical, and if you start with digital information, it has to be really accurate.